Do This Now! September 2011

Didja ever notice that there's plenty to do in September? Like see Jerry Seinfeld!

8/19/2011 at 1:00pm
Published in the September 2011 issue of
Portland Monthly

Art in the Pearl(Sept 3–5) sends our fleeting, oft-cloudy summer off on a festive note, with more than 100 artists showing their wares in a carnival atmosphere on the North Park Blocks. Play some bocce and score a shave ice—while there’s still time.

Jerry Seinfeld may have ended his beloved ’90s sitcom with a historically bad final episode, but he’s still probably the biggest name in American comedy. The overlord of observational wit receives his subjects at the Schnitz (Sept 30).

The secret to acing NPR’s “oddly informative” (and, some would say, oddly popular) quiz show Wait Wait … Don’t Tell Me is usually giving the week’s New York Times a close read. So when Peter Sagal and company roll into town (Sept 15), pack heat.

Portland Opera inaugurates high culture’s swell season with the Big Night Gala Concert(Sept 24)—more or less a greatest-hits cavalcade (and how often do we get to use that word?), with the company’s aces rocking crowd-favorite pieces. Sing out!